Harness pad and tree



`To all whom 'it may concern.;

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MELANCTHON E. ZELLER, OF BLUFFTON, OHIO.

HARNESS PAD AND TREE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 274,078, dated March1e, 1883.

` 4Application led December 8, 1882. (No model.)

Be it known that I, MELANoTHo'N E.. ZEL- LER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Bluton, in the county of Allen and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Team Pads andTrees; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object ot' this invention is to render the use of a jockey in atree-pad unnecessary, to simplify and to reduce the cost o'fconstruction of the same, and to secure other advantages which will behereinafter enumerated.

The invention consists iu certain novel features in the construction andarrangement of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fullydescribed, and finally pointedout in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure l represen ts a top or plan view of a pad-treeembodying my improvement;` and Fig. 2 is a cross-section ofthe same,taken through line rv, similar letters of reference indicatingcorresponding parts in each of the figures. y

In carrying out the invention the terret and loop burrs or nuts ab arefirmly secured to the inside of the leather burr-piece c by suitablerivets or other fastenings. The bottom lining, d, is then secured to thesaid burr-piece at the edges, and the stuffing e is introduced, no

it also will bear snugly at its edges upon the housing. The pad beingstuffed and completed, the housing and the tree are then adjustedthereon and secured thereto by means of the terrets C, which passthrough apertures in the said tree, housing, and burr-piece, and arescrewed into the burrs or nuts a. The housing is further secured byscrew-bolts D, which hold the loops E in position, and an aperture isformed in the center of the housing to receive the nut which holds thecheck-hook in position, thereby eifectually preventing any.

lateral movement of tbe tree at .that point, all 5 as will clearlyappear by reference to the drawings. As no other meansare employed forsecuring the tree or the housing to the pad, the former can be removedat any time in a few moments, when it is requisite so to do, tofacilitate any repairs which may be needed; or the said tree or housing,or both, may be removed from one pad and be adjusted 'upon another, and`so be used interchangeably in connection with different pads, as willbe readily seep and understood, thus making a very convenient, strong,and cheap tree-pad.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim, and wish to have.secured by Letters Patent, is i In a tree-pad, the combination of thepad carrying the nuts 11. b, secured to the inside of the leatherburr-piece, the housn g A, the tree B, having the Iiattened ends, andthe terrets G, adapted to be secured together without any interveningjockey, as described, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this22d day of September, 1882. l

f MELANGTHON Witnesses:

l OLIVER DEAKE,

CHARLES H. PELL.

E. ZELLER.

